What Does the Word Clinquant Mean?

: glittering with gold or tinsel.

What does the term boreal mean?

1 : of, relating to, or located in northern regions boreal waters. 2 : of, relating to, or comprising the northern biotic area characterized especially by dominance of coniferous forests.

How do you use Clinquant in a sentence?

She that a clinquant outside doth adore, Dotes on a gilded statue and no more. Finding that one verse in Virgil is worth all the clinquant or tinsel of Tasso. The temple is magnificent and spectacular with clinquant gold-plates and copper tiles. The barrels are a clinquant finish crafted through a 10-step process.